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St George's Military Cemetery, Bermuda, Rest of the World

Memorial in St George’s Military Cemetery, Bermuda commemorating George Mackenzie Samson VC d. 1923

Location

St George's Military Cemetery, Bermuda, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN / LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF / OUR DEAR SON / GEORGE MACKENZIE / SAMSON, V.C., / (AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF / CHARLOTTE GLASS) / WHO DIED AT BERMUDA ON THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1923 / AGED 34 YEARS'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS Strombus; HMS River Clyde

Event

Gallipoli Landings

Event Date

1915

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Samson, George Mackenzie
Age:
Date of Death: 23/2/1923
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Petty officer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Samson died of pneumonia whilst serving in the merchant navy after the Great War.
Bibliography: John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 101.

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  "location": "St George's Military Cemetery, Bermuda, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF / OUR DEAR SON / GEORGE MACKENZIE / SAMSON, V.C., / (AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF / CHARLOTTE GLASS) / WHO DIED AT BERMUDA ON THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1923 / AGED 34 YEARS'",
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    "date": "1915",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Victoria Cross winner. Samson died of pneumonia whilst serving in the merchant navy after the Great War.",
    "bibliography": "John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 101.",
    "recorder": "",
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St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ripple, Kent commemorating Captain Andrew Rand d. 1680

Location

St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England

Transcript

'Here lyeth the body of / CAPT ANDREW RAND son of Mr ANDREW RAND / of DEALE who married MARY the / daughter of Mr SARLES MARCH: Hee / Dyed [3rd July] 1680 in ye 70th year of his Age. / And of MARY their Daughter married to / JOHN PARKER Gent and Merchant of the / Citty of LONDON. Shee departed this life / the 25th day of November 1670 / in the 36th Yeare / of her / Age'

Details

Description: Marble cartouche surrounded by palm branches, with a scroll and acanthus leaves at the top. A draped urn above. At the base of the cartouche, carved flowers and fruit flanked by two panels with ships in relief. Coat of arms below. Arms: Or, a lion rampant, gules, charged on the neck with three chevrons, argent; impaling a cross, flury, between four dogs heads, erased.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: white marble

People

Rand, Andrew
Age: 70
Date of Death: 3/7/1680
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Associated ledger on the floor.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983), p. 434. See also Kent Archaeological Society, inscription recorded by Rev. Bryan Fausett 1759. Andrew Rand buried on 7th July 1680.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981

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  "post_id": "5228",
  "id": "M3699",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'Here lyeth the body of / CAPT ANDREW RAND son of Mr ANDREW RAND / of DEALE who married MARY the / daughter of Mr SARLES MARCH: Hee / Dyed [3rd July] 1680 in ye 70th year of his Age. / And of MARY their Daughter married to / JOHN PARKER Gent and Merchant of the / Citty of LONDON. Shee departed this life / the 25th day of November 1670 / in the 36th Yeare / of her / Age'<br />",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ripple, Kent commemorating Captain Andrew Rand d. 1680</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Marble cartouche surrounded by palm branches, with a scroll and acanthus leaves at the top. A draped urn above. At the base of the cartouche, carved flowers and fruit flanked by two panels with ships in relief. Coat of arms below.   Arms: Or, a lion rampant, gules, charged on the neck with three chevrons, argent; impaling a cross, flury, between four dogs heads, erased.",
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    "position": "Chancel",
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    "artists": "",
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Associated ledger on the floor.",
    "bibliography": "John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983), p. 434. See also Kent Archaeological Society, inscription recorded by Rev. Bryan Fausett 1759. Andrew Rand buried on 7th July 1680.",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1981",
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St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England

Memorial headstone at St Martin’s Church, Canterbury, Kent commemorating Thomas Moor First Officer HEIC & RN d. 1867

Location

St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory / of / Thomas Moor / late First Officer in the / Hon'ble East India Company's / Maritime Service / who with other brother Officers when it was / abolished had Naval Rank / conferred by King William the 4th / born 4th August 1782 / died 10th January 1867'

Details

Description: Headstone and bodystone on plinth

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Moor, Thomas
Age: 84
Date of Death: 10/1/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: First Officer
Organisation: Honourable East India Company & Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: East India Company was dissolved in 1858

JSON

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  "id": "M1745",
  "location": "St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory / of / Thomas Moor / late First Officer in the / Hon'ble East India Company's / Maritime Service / who with other brother Officers when it was / abolished had Naval Rank / conferred by King William the 4th / born 4th August 1782 / died 10th January 1867'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial headstone at St Martin’s Church, Canterbury, Kent commemorating Thomas Moor First Officer HEIC & RN d. 1867</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "East India Company was dissolved in 1858",
    "bibliography": "",
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}

Lifesaving

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Plaque in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated to James Hill d. 1919

Location

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In memory of James Hill for 30 years coxswain of Porthoustock Lifeboat who died 23 March 1919 aged 84 years'

Details

Type: Plaque

People

Hill, James
Age: 84
Date of Death: 23/3/1919
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain
Organisation:

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  "location": "St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'In memory of James Hill for 30 years coxswain of Porthoustock Lifeboat who died 23 March 1919 aged 84 years'",
  "content": "<p>Plaque in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated to James Hill d. 1919</p>",
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  "event": {
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Dulverton Cemetery, Dulverton, Somerset, England

Headstone in Dulverton Cemetery commemorating Commander John Dudley Freeman RN d. 1983

Location

Dulverton Cemetery, Dulverton, Somerset, England

Transcript

'In / loving memory of / John Richard Dudley / Freeman / Commander R.N. / 1895-1983.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone

People

Dudley, John Richard
Age: 87
Date of Death: 1983
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "id": "M6237",
  "location": "Dulverton Cemetery, Dulverton, Somerset, England",
  "transcript": "'In / loving memory of / John Richard Dudley / Freeman / Commander R.N. / 1895-1983.'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone in Dulverton Cemetery commemorating Commander John Dudley Freeman RN d. 1983</p>",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "people": [{"name":"Dudley, John Richard","age":"87","dateofdeath":"1983","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Commander RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Fishing

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial in the Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Arthur Balls d.1917 and Herbert Balls d. 1916

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'BENJAMIN ROUS BALLS died December 17th 1918 aged 36 also of ARTHUR HENRY died October 2nd 1917 aged 42 drowned from the 'Willing Boys' also of HERBERT JAMES BALLS died November 2nd 1905 aged 20, drowned from the 'I'll Try' also of WILLIAM A. BALLS, 2nd Suffolks, died November 13th 1916 aged 20, killed in action. Also of EMMA BALLS died January 13th 1935 aged 80 also of ARTHUR BALLS died October 11th 1936 aged 80'.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 2
Vessel: Willing Boys, I'll Try

People

Balls, Arthur Henry
Age: 42
Date of Death: 2/10/1917
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown
Balls, Herbert James
Age: 20
Date of Death: 2/11/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

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  "id": "M5443",
  "location": "Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'BENJAMIN ROUS BALLS died December 17th 1918 aged 36 also of ARTHUR HENRY died October 2nd 1917 aged 42 drowned from the 'Willing Boys' also of HERBERT JAMES BALLS died November 2nd 1905 aged 20, drowned from the 'I'll Try' also of WILLIAM A. BALLS, 2nd Suffolks, died November 13th 1916 aged 20, killed in action. Also of EMMA BALLS died January 13th 1935 aged 80 also of ARTHUR BALLS died October 11th 1936 aged 80'.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Arthur Balls d.1917 and Herbert Balls d. 1916</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Fishing"],
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    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Plot 2",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Willing Boys, I'll Try"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Balls, Arthur Henry","age":"42","dateofdeath":"2/10/1917","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"Fisherman","organisation":"Unknown"},{"name":"Balls, Herbert James","age":"20","dateofdeath":"2/11/1916","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"Fisherman","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William McNicol RMA d. 1900

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of William McNICOL, Gunner R.M.A., who was accidentally suffocated on board H.M.S. 'Goliath' at Hong Kong July 27th 1900, aged 27 years'

Details

Description: Headstone, crown carved above the inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Goliath

People

McNicol, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 27/7/1900
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985

JSON

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  "id": "M189",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of William McNICOL, Gunner R.M.A., who was accidentally suffocated on board H.M.S. 'Goliath' at Hong Kong July 27th 1900, aged 27 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William McNicol RMA  d. 1900</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Headstone, crown carved above the inscription.",
    "type": "Headstone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Goliath"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"McNicol, William","age":"27","dateofdeath":"27/7/1900","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"Gunner RMA","organisation":"Royal Marine Artillery"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas 1985",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Recreation

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Taylor d. 1876

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM TAYLOR / aged 22 / lost from the Yacht 'Iona’ / off Portland / Aug, 22 1876 / buried at Steeple Lulworth'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Iona

People

Taylor, William
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/8/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

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  "post_id": "5218",
  "id": "M1457",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'WILLIAM TAYLOR / aged 22 / lost from the Yacht 'Iona’ / off Portland / Aug, 22 1876 / buried at Steeple Lulworth'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Taylor d. 1876</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1003\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3983-1-1024x1003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45048\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3983-1-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3983-1-300x294.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3983-1-768x752.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3983-1.jpg 1925w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /></figure>",
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  "categories": ["Recreation"],
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    "position": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

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St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England

Monuments at St Nicholas’s Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire commemorating Commander Walter Henry Leeke RN d. 1924

Location

St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England

Transcript

'Walter Henry Leeke Commander Royal Navy son of Thomas Newton and Annabella Mary Leeke. Served in H.M.S. Warspite in the battle of Jutland. Died at Kampala Uganda, February 8th 1924 aged 38'

Details

Type: Wall monument.
Position: West wall of nave.
Vessel: HMS Warspite

Event

Battle of Jutland

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Leeke, Walter Henry
Age: 38
Date of Death: 8/2/1924
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1984

JSON

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  "id": "M3217",
  "location": "St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Walter Henry Leeke Commander Royal Navy son of Thomas Newton and Annabella Mary Leeke. Served in H.M.S. Warspite in the battle of Jutland. Died at Kampala Uganda, February 8th 1924 aged 38'",
  "content": "<p>Monuments at St Nicholas’s Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire commemorating Commander Walter Henry Leeke RN d. 1924</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "date": "1916",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Leeke, Walter Henry","age":"38","dateofdeath":"8/2/1924","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Commander RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "recorder": "Alex Chatwin 1984",
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}

Whaling

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Boldixum church, Schleswig-Holstein commemorating Jens Namens d. 1815

Location

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Carved with a whaling ship.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Namens, Jens
Age:
Date of Death: 10/10/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers','Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Boldixum church,  Schleswig-Holstein commemorating Jens Namens d. 1815</p>",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters